The lodger a story of the London fog
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Contributors

Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980, film director.
Balcon, Michael, 1896-1977, film producer.
Blackwell, Carlyle, 1888-1955, film producer.
Woolf, C. M., 1879-1942, film producer.
Stannard, Eliot, screenwriter.

Published

[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2017].

Format

DVD

Edition

Two-DVD special edition.

ISBN

9781681433189, 1681433184

Physical Desc

2 videodiscs (91 min.) : silent, black and white (tinted) ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert.

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Published

[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2017].

Edition

Two-DVD special edition.

Language

None

ISBN

9781681433189, 1681433184

UPC

715515198912

Notes

General Note

Includes the 1927 silent Hitchcock film, Downhill, also known as When boys leave home.

General Note

Title from title frame.

General Note

The lodger based on the novel by Mrs. Belloc Lowndes; Downhill based on the play by Ivor Novello and Constance Collier (as David L'Estrange).

General Note

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1927.

General Note

Full screen (1.33:1).

General Note

"A restoration by the BFI National Archive in association with ITV Studios Global Entertainment, Network Releasing and Park Circus Films"--Opening screens.

General Note

Special features: Downhill, director Alfred Hitchcock's 1927 feature film starring Ivor Novello, in a 2k digital restoration with a new piano score by Brand; new interview with film scholar William Rothman on Hitchcock's visual signatures; The Bunting House: new video essay by art historian Steven Jacobs about Hitchcock's use of architecture; excerpts from audio interviews with Hitchcock by filmmakers François Truffaut (1962) and Peter Bogdanovich (1963); radio adaptation of The Lodger from 1940, directed by Hitchcock; new interview with Brand on composing for silent film; essays (in insert) on The Lodger and Downhill by critic Philip Kemp.

Creation/Production Credits

The lodger: director of photography, Baron Ventimiglia ; art directors, C. Wilfrid Arnold and Bertram Evans ; editor and titling, Ivor Montagu ; new orchestral score, Neil Brand ; music performed by the Orchestra of Saint Paul's, Ben Palmer, conductor.

Creation/Production Credits

Downhill: director of photography, Claude McDonnell; editor, Lionel Rich ; new piano score, Neil Brand ; music performed by Neil Brand, piano.

Participants/Performers

The lodger: Ivor Novello, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, June [Tripp], Malcolm Keen.

Participants/Performers

Downhill: Ivor Novello, Ben Webster, Norman McKinnel, Ian Hunter, Isabel Jeans, Jerrold Robertshaw, Sybil Rhoda, Annette Benson, Lilian Braithwaite, Robin Irvine, Hannah Jones, Barbara Gott, Violet Farebrother, Alf Goddard.

Description

"With his third feature film, The Lodger: a Story of the London Fog, Alfred Hitchcock took a major step toward greatness and made what he would come to consider his true directorial debut. This haunting silent thriller tells the tale of a mysterious young man (matinee idol Ivor Novello) who takes up residence at a London boardinghouse just as a killer known as the Avenger descends upon the city, preying on blonde women. The film is animated by the palpable energy of a young stylist at play, decisively establishing the director's formal and thematic obsessions. In this release, The Lodger is accompanied by Downshill, another silent from 1927 that explores Hitchcock's "wrong man" trope, also headlined by Novello--making for a double feature that reveals the master of the macabre as he was just coming into his own"--Container.

Description

Downhill,Public schoolboy Roddy Berwick is expelled from school when he takes the blame for a friend's theft and his life falls apart in a series of misadventures.

Target Audience

MPAA rating: Not rated.

System Details

DVD; region 1, NTSC; full frame (1.33:1 aspect ratio); stereo, Dolby Digital.

Language

Silent film with English intertitles and added musical accompaniment.

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Volume	Location	Call Number	Note	Status
	Morristown-Morris Township Library - Adult Media	DVD FIC LOD		Available
DISC 1-2	Morris County Library - Adult Media	FOREIGN-GREAT BRITAIN LODGER DVD18648 DISC 1-2	FOREIGN: GREAT BRITAIN	Available

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hitchcock, A., Balcon, M., Blackwell, C., Woolf, C. M., Stannard, E., Di Ventimiglia, G., Brand, N., Montagu, I. G. S., McDonnell, C. L., Rich, T. L., Arnold, C. W., Evans, B., Novello, I., Ault, M., Chesney, A., Tripp, J., Keen, M., Webster, B., McKinnel, N., Irvine, R., Hunter, I., Jeans, I., Robertshaw, J., Rhoda, S., Benson, A., Braithwaite, L., Jones, H., Gott, B., Farebrother, V., Goddard, A., Collier, C., Palmer, B. (., Lowndes, M. B., & Novello, I. (2017). The lodger: a story of the London fog (Two-DVD special edition.). The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alfred Hitchcock et al.. 2017. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog. The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Alfred Hitchcock et al.. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog The Criterion Collection, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hitchcock, Alfred, et al. The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog Two-DVD special edition., The Criterion Collection, 2017.

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